Hey!
Well, they didn't lie to you at all. JK (as we usually call it) is amazing fun to play MP, there are lots of amazing user made maps and even excelent mods you could try (i recommend SBX, my personal fav). And yes, even now after 10 years since it was released, you can find a decent number of ppl to play with!!
The best way to find people to play with these days would be going to Internet Gaming Zones (IGZ), you just need to go to www.igzones.com, download the client, go to the Nar Shaddaa room, and you're good to go.
You should also check www.jkdf2.net (the best place for JK gaming), and www.jkhub.net (the best place for JK editing and resources)
If you have any probs, just let us know and we'll try to give you a hand.

Oh, just a little heads up... don't take the guys you'll find at Nar Shadda or jkdf2.net too seriously, ok? The JK community is pretty special, and some idiots over there might bug you a bit just because they don't know you... There's also a bunch of cool ppl around, so ignore the others, and with time you should find the humor in them, hehe

Hope to see you at IGZ and have a few games real soon!
And may the force be with you

DF2 was 100x more popular 8 years ago then it is now. Whenever I go on Igzones now I see barely 3 games on at one time. Plus they are usually laggy as hell. DF2 8 years ago there were thousands of games and there was a huge sprawling community on the Zone dedicated to it.

Well Cougar Or just evryone around in Lucasarts Who ever plays Jedi knight Dark forces 2 you can see me with match open in Gameranger..but gameranger is like 3gb..e.e...anyway...If anyone wants to play a match with me i have vobby..Jk Launcher and gameranger see you there